I have been commissioned to make a quilt using shirts and pants which I am in the process of cutting up. My dilemma is what type of pattern would anyone suggest I use for this. It will be a lap quilt and of course there is limited fabric of each color but I have around a dozen nice pieces of clothing. The lady died of cancer and the DIL is having it made for the lady's hubby which is her FIL

03-05-2011, 07:44 PM

carolaug

Depends on the use. Will it be a bed quilt or a wall hanging. A wall hanging may be perfect to use many of different fabrics

03-05-2011, 07:51 PM

frarose

She wants it as a lap quilt for him.

03-05-2011, 07:56 PM

lisalisa

The 10 minute block is a nice, easy way to use a lot of random fabrics, but still have some sense of order. I recently started one using a bunch of shirts I've collected from the thrift store and it's coming together so fast and it looks like I did much more work than I did.